Bottle-sealing device



BOTTLE SEALING- DEVI C E Filed may Patented a... l8, 192a.

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MARIKP. ORR, OF NORWOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR- TO THE SECURITY METAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPOBA'IZION OF OHIO.

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'Application filed may at,

zen of the'United States,'residing at Nor wood, in-the county of Hamilton and State 6 of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Sealing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bottle closures and is particularly adapted for use on hottles to hold catsu chili sauce, or the like. Obviously, it .Wou' d readily be. adapted for use on the tops of jars if said'jars were provided with a suitable ring for the gripping skirt of the sealing element.

One object of my invention is to provide a thimble capwhich may be used after the seal is broken, so long as the contents of the bottle are in use, and means for hermetically sealing this thimble cap into-position for theinitial closure. Any one. familiar with the use of tomato catsup'bottles in restaurants, lunch counters, or residences, will realize the advantage of having a thimble cap that may be used so long as the contents of the bottle are in use to protect the bottle from dust, flies, etc. and to keep the package of neat appearance during such use. Such a temporary, closure will also prevent the contents of the bottle from dry ing out.-

A further object of my invention is to provide a removable'temporary closure that has-no sharp or rough edges to out the fingers. This is very important as the thimble cap must be handled .by many persons besides the one who removes the'initial seal, and such persons are apt to be careless because of ignorance, v

A further object of my invention is in effecting such initial sealing, to use such sealing means as may be readily removed by hand without the aid of utensils.

Sealing elements of the so-called crowncap type have been in common use for many years but cannot be used to close the bottle top after they, have once been removed. These crown caps'have the points of their depending flanges crimped under thelbead on the container- -They are popular in spite of this limitation'of use and the fact that a special tool isrequired to remove the crown from the bottle.

In the particular embodiment of my invention selected for illustration, I have,

1922. Serial at. 558,361.

therefore, shown a so-called crown sealing element of annular form for securing the thimble element to the bottle, and have provided this crownvsealing element for effect ing the initial seal with a pull-down strip so that it may be readily torn off without the use of any'tooL.

Figure. 1 is the complete device on the bottle top readyto have the sealing element pressed into position;

Fig. 2 is the same, but with the sealingelement pressed into sealin position;

Fig. 3 is the same as ig. '2 but with the pull-down strip in process of being torn off, so as to break the seal;

Fig. 4-is a vertical axial section thru the bottle top, thimble'element, and sealing element, before the latter is pressed into sealing position; i

Fig. 5' is'an under-plan view of the sealin element;

ig. 6 a detail, is a fragment of the sealing element in elevation, seen from the inside, and

Fig. 7 a detail, is tion of the thimble ca Referring now to the drawings, B is an ordinary glass catsup bottle, the top edge of which 1s designated as b.* A protruding ring I) is situated underneath the crown sealing element C, when in lowered position for sealing.

A thimble-shaped metal cap A, having a cork a seated in the inside of the crown against the top, is so placed over the topof the bottle that the edge 72 comes in contact with the cork a/and hermetically-seals the container, until the initial seal has been broken; and makes a neatahd convenient temporary closure thereafter.

At the lower or open end of the thimble cap A is an outwardly extending clamping bead a The'inner flange c of the annular crown sealing element C rests upon the bead a and forms a clamp. The crown sealing element C when forced downwardly into sealing position :lamps the thimble cap A tightly to the bottle top by the engagement of the gripping skirt 0 (with the ring 5 a vertical axial secwhen this gripping skirt 0 is pressed into The crownsealin-g element C is provided (See Figs.

with the pull down strip 0 by which the initial seal can be broken without the aid of tools, by simplypulling the strip 0 towards the base of the bottle.

I do not wish to be restricted to the precise form of the top shown, but conceive as within the scope of my invention any sealing top readable upon the claims which will finally be allowed on this application.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A bottle closure having; a thimble element adapted to seat down looseiy over the bottle top,-and separate unbroken removable crown cap sealing means having, a gripping skirt and means engageable with the wall of said thimble for holding said thimble element rigidly in sealing position.

2'. A bottle closure having'a thimble element'adapted to seat down loosely over the bottle top, an outwardly turned head on he vertical Wa l of said thimble element, and separate unbroken crown cap sealing means for holding said thimble element rigidly in sealing position, said prown cap having a pull string.

3. A bottle closure consisting of a replaceable thimble element adapted to seat down loosely over the bottle top, a cork adapted to be compressed between the top edge of the bottle and the inside of the 'top of the thimble element, an exterior bead on said thimble element, an unbrokeniannular crownicap sealadapted to tear thru and break the ring:

when said strip is pulled off.

4. In combination with a thimble shaped element adapted to seat over the mouth of a bottle, an annular crown cap member for steurina said th mble shaped element to said bottle, and means integra with said anmr lar member and disposed substantially at right angles thereto for releasing said securing element In combination with a thimble. shaped element adapted to seat over the mouth of a bottle, an annular crown cap sealing element comprising an'annular skirt portion and an integral tear oti' strip portion disposed substantialTy at right angles to said skirt portion, said tear-ofl' strip portion adapted to be torn by a downward pul thereby breaking open the sealing element.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence oi two subscribing witnesses.

, MARK P. ORR. Witnesses:

A. AUSTIN Chimes, CARL Prunes. 

